The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1887-02-24

was pua In the hands Of The police until same
wm paid Having feeling Of ympAthy for one
% unfortunate and one Of ths peofe1siou. wspa,d
the amount due o. the assurance hat g would
30 returnsdby he next day. From that day TO
this the faecaf and drunkard has not been heard
Of bvds. neither has the amount bean returned.
It would be well for the prem 70 b on their
guard for this sepundfel, In b wholly irreapon-
sible and 9othinee g an honorabls nature in hi
Jasper Obvrssr ;. We second the nominar
tion of Hon. B. B. Blackwell. BY the Bsusafn.
man liz in the State Who can wear the hoeor race
fully, and Do c6edit 70 himself and his constitu-
en0, q IL BbhCp B. Blackwell, the selEmade mo-
bleman Of nature. We have been shown Q
cotton stalk taken from Mr.. James Avrietts
farm, measuring near eighteen feet high. Il has
been sent to Butler b Stevens, Savannah, Ga.
Hamilton's hrming land Is sood II you doubt
it, Try n. :. seemedags siace b +. Mccall turned
over pair Of dne mules 70 some clOppera The
men went to blowing in . very thick rough"
The women and children were clearing out
got away from them and they called for help.
The men tied their mules and ran to assist, but
the fro had gained such Roadway they could
not stop II, 30 they tried to get TO the mules to
rescue them. A fresh breeze gave the fire the
advantage, and the men failed to reach the poor
his escape, but the other il fearfully burnt; its
eyes are ruined and although it is beng kindly
cared for il Is extremely doubtful about Its re-
coverY.
Madison Recordtr. Tramps broke into the
kitchens and dining-rooms Of Messrs. Il. B.
Creech and r. J. Fearnside one night last week
and helping themselves to all the edibles in sight
left A few nights later they tried to make an
entrance into the dining-room Of Mr.. w. ].
Withenpoon, but were frightened off before
doing so. Another of those perapatetic gen
tlemen known a croestie tourists, came to grief
in town Monday night last by running against .
50 calibre pistol ball fired BY Mr. T. 2. Martin.
named Mr.. Martin was awakened by noise In
his back piazza He arose and went out the
front way to see what caused it Going into
The back yard he searched closely but failed 70
discover anything unusual and had started back
into the house when man ran towards him on
the piazza having been concealed in the dark
ness. Az quick % fash he fred his pistol |;
tie man groaned but did not slacken his speed.
An examination next morning showed trail of
blood ON the door step but the rain obliterated
all traces of 1t in the yard. Mr. Martin says that
with the report OF the pistol another person ran
| OF from the corner Of his yard, who was also
! doubtless in collision with the one who came in
I the house.
Cedar Key Gulf Visw: Our Senior left last
| Wednesday morning in company with Rev. T.
E. Smith, to attend the Presbyterian convention
at Jacksonville. This body will represent all
the Presbyterian churches in Florida, and is ex-
pected to iaangurate measures looking to a
union of church work, by which to obviate the
difficulties growing out Of divided allegiance,
| between the northern and southern assemblies.
49,. Monday report reached rs that q large
English ship, said to be of 1472 tons burthen,
loaded with 5000 bales ofcotton, besides slaves,
bound from New Orleans for Havre, was ashore
about 60 miles west of this place, near Blue
Creek. Mr.. Andrews, reporter for the Maritime
| Exchange of New York and for the New York
Herald, promptly telegraphed the facts to both
parties- No further news has reached us, but
we suppose from the mildness OF the weather
and the character of the coast at the point where
she is aground, that no damage will result to
ship or cargo. The captain and crew refused
to leave her. Wreckers have gone to her..
Sunday night last two colored men, Ben. How
ard and Jim. Green, became involved in diff
Guilty, in which Green came near killing How
ard by shooting him with pistol, and then lit
orally cut him to pieces with his knife. Howard
now is not able to move, and may die. Green
escaped, but returned Tuesday morning and
gave himself up. He is held to await develop
ments.
-Ocala Free Press AS an item of news We
state that we have just finished the count and
tanned 3,276 lines for public charities for which
it never was compensated, and about 10,00(
lines of descriptive matter that should have
been paid for. And yet an editor has no charity
in his soul and is regarded as very wealthy
public servant. When the usual hour came
Tuesday night for Tailor Scott to feed the gang
of prisoners in the county Jail, he was met by az
attempt from the prisoners to escape. Mr.. Scot
entered the cells alone, having bis keys, reYolve
and lantern. But it seems that the pr, oner
had secured mate key to the bolt door ant
with that they could reach the jailor. No soon
er had that officer put in appearance when b.
was overpowered by a white man, who helt
him firmly around the arms, while two negroes
Henry:Williams and John Love, took the jailor'
keys and revolver, saying that if he made any
"flss" they would murder him; but the Office
had the courage TO risk it. and gave the alarm
Before any assistance came the two negroe
named above and Sim Jackson, who was onl,
waiting trial, opened the doors with the key
and made good their escape. The white maj
who held the jailor failed to make break. I'm
mediately Sheriff Williams organized posse Z
men who went out in different directions and re
manned on the search all night without success
He has sent another posse to Archer, having
learned that the escaped prisoners went in tina
direction. Henry Williams is q coal black mar
thirty years old, five feet FIVE inches high, ant
John Love is about % years old five feet tel
inches high, and mulatto. Williams is q muI
derer, and Love was serving term for larceny